“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate. Claim dated 4 Aug 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Educators, school officials and several Florida public school districts said critical race theory never has been part of Florida’s K-12 curriculums.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate) made this claim around 4 August 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 August 2023, 10 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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